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Getting back in the swing of running, swimming, etc

For quite a while, Erin and I talked about removing the old, worn-out windows from our front porch. Today I did it.

After I cleaned up most of the mess, I immediately took advantage of the “new” space. What a difference; our front room is brighter, too.

I was shocked to find out the frames were still [...]

Madelyn gets no milk. Mama and daddy get less sleep.

About my Fall courses: ENG 480, Computers & Writing, and ENG 481, Style

About a month ago Erin and I took our first long road trip with Madelyn–2,300 miles in 12 days. We started our trip by driving to southern Illinois, with plans to visit the parks &c. which dot the region (many in the Shawnee National Forest). Illinois is a big state, and its southern reaches have [...]

A few weeks ago, the Danish national cycling authority announced that Michael Rasmussen, the guy wearing yellow, missed some drug tests and would be kicked off their national team. Now Tour favorite Alexandre Vinokourov fails a blood test, and is out of the race, along with the entire Astana team. And this comes in the [...]

The venerable animated gif rides again. How-to, since I forgot, it’s been so long:

Get the Gimp.
Get a bunch of images which are the same size. (These were taken by Erin’s dad.)
Open one of the images.
Choose “File, Open as layer…” until all the images are open as layers.
Choose “File, Save as…”
Type a name which ends in [...]

As Chuck writes, things have been quiet around here lately. Part of the reason is because Erin, Madelyn, and I have been traveling, visiting family and friends in North Carolina and Florida, among other things. Though I took a laptop, I didn’t stay online much, since internet was hard to come by at the places [...]

We just got back from a quick week at my in-laws’ lake house outside of Palatka, Florida (following a longer trip I haven’t yet written about). At right, Madelyn swimming under the dock with her Grandma Bits. (Lots more lake photos from Erin’s dad.) Today at swim class Madelyn showed off her new chops, doing [...]